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Monday 20 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Shari’a Court of Saraqeb publicly lashes 2 civilians. Idlib province: The Shari’a court in the rebel held city of Saraqeb has condemned 2 civilians... Read more
Sunday 19 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Aleppo province: A man was shot by a regime sniper centralized near a school near the al-Malhab barrack in the Ziyara Hanan area of A’frin city, as he attempted... Read more
Saturday 18 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: Aleppo province: A little girl was killed, and her sister wounded by shrapnel to the head, because a mortar shell fell on their house in the Ashrafiya neighbourhood... Read more
Friday 17 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Deir Ezzour province: A video leaked to the SOHR shows a leader from Jabhat al-Nusra executing 11 men in Reef Deir Ezzour. The leader/executioner states in the video... Read more
Thursday 16 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 145 civilians (34 children, 40 women, 71 men) killed in the Banias massacre. The SOHR has now documented 145 victims killed in the Banias massacre, this comes after... Read more
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Hasakah province: Turkish armed forces shot and killed a man trying to cross to the safety of Turkish territory. The killed Syrian citizen tried to cross by the Alouk... Read more
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Tens of thousands of previously undocumented deaths from Alawite areas makes death toll exceed 94,000. Activists from the towns of areas with a traditionally Muslim... Read more
Monday 13 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Preliminary death toll for 13/5/2013: More than 90 people killed so far today. The dead: 22 civilians (3 were children), 7 unidentified persons, 1 YPG fighter, 32... Read more
Sunday 12 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Hasakah province: A car bomb went off by the al-Aziziya bridge in al-Hasakah city, the bridge has a YPG checkpoint. Clashes then took place between the YPG and fighters,... Read more
Saturday 11 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Aleppo province: A regime artillery shell fell on the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Aleppo, several people were injured. Clashes took place in the neighbourhood earlier,... Read more
Friday 10 May 2013
BBC: PKK Kurdish deal with Turkey may worry Iran and Syria By Guney Yildiz BBC Turkish This image shows a PKK fighter in the Turkish mountains Rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have begun leaving... Read more
Thursday 9 May 2013
Muslim: 60% of Syrian oil controlled by Kurds According to Salih Muslim, PYD (the main Kurdish party in Syria) co-chair, 60% of oil is controlled by Kurds. “We protect the oil wells,” he said,... Read more
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Rebel fighters kill 3 university students in the city: al-Hasaka province: Rebel fighters killed 3 university students next to the agricultural college in... Read more
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Kurdistan Tribune: ‘Western Kurdistan could be a model for a free and democratic Syria’, PYD co-president tells London audience May 7, 2013 by Editor in Kurdistan, PYD, Syria Salih... Read more
Monday 6 May 2013
PYD@pydinfo: Salih Mislim: Peace in the Middle East is inconceivable unless the war in Syria comes to an end Facebookhas suspended both admins for PYD Info and PYD Sverige for posting the PYD logo on... Read more
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Syria: Joint appeal – 88 of the bodies and organizations defending human rights
Joint appeal 88 of the bodies and organizations defending human rights To stop the bloodshed in the Syrian streets To stop all forms and sources of bloody armed violence To stop all assassinations, abductions,... Read more
The tale of Abdurrahman Hossain
Abdurrahman Hossain is a young boy whose father was killed by shelling in Damascus, and he then lost communication with his own family. He went to Sere Kaniye , and that place was then attacked by terrorist... Read more
The Kurds and the Conflict in Syria Friday 3 May 2013
Speaker: Saleh Muslim Mohamed, Democratic Union Party (PYD) Chair: Robert Lowe, LSE Friday 3 May 2013, 16.30-17.30, Alumni Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE It is nine months since Kurds took control... Read more
PKK’S HISTORICAL MOVE FOR PEACE
EU Turkey Civic Commission - 26 April, 2013: It is with great appreciation that the EUTCC received the message from Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President Murat Karayilan that the... Read more
Behind Syrian War Casualty Data Is One Busy Man
New York Times: COVENTRY, England — Military analysts in Washington follow its body counts of Syrian and rebel soldiers to gauge the course of the war. The United Nations and human rights organizations... Read more
Öcalan’s historic Newroz 2013 Statement
I SALUTE THE FREEDOM NEWROZ OF THE OPPRESSED I salute the people of the Middle East and Central Asia celebrating this awakening, revival and resurgence day of Newroz with extraordinary participation and... Read more
Remember Halabja 25 years ago 16 March 1988
5,000 people died in the chemical gas attack on Halabja in the Kurdish region of Iraq 25 years ago – 16 March 1988 – this is a video of how it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIeN0anJ1iA You... Read more
HRW Syria: Unlawful Missile Attacks Kill More Than 140
Recent Escalation of Tactic Threatens Civilians, FEBRUARY 26, 2013: At least a dozen houses were destroyed in an attack on the Jabal Badro neighborhood in Aleppo city on February 18, 2013. © 2013... Read more
Facebook is censoring Kurdish posts
Sign the Avaaz petition: The Kurdish nation is the largest nation in the world deprived of its land. Kurdistan is occupied by Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq mainly. Only South Kurdistan enjoys relative freedom... Read more
Papers submitted for the Geneva Syrian International Conference
Violence and Democracy in Syria Haytham Manna Could political violence coexist with a democratic project? This big question has been raised for decades by the progressive democratic movement in Latin... Read more
Political solution is the only way to end Syrian conflict
“Violence begets violence. It is not possible for Syrians to overcome conflict without a political solution, strong democratic institutions and demilitarization of the country,” said Dr Haytham Al-Manna,... Read more
HRW: World report 2013 – Syria
Syria’s uprising turned increasingly bloody in 2012 as the government’s crackdown on anti-government protests developed into an entrenched armed conflict. Government forces and pro-government militia... Read more
Letter of enquiry to the Swiss Embassy
Dear Ambassador, (find your Embassy in Europe here: http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/eur.html) I am writing regarding the Syrian International Conference that was held in Geneva 28-29 January... Read more
Geneva Declaration 29 January 2013
The Syrian International Conference took place in Geneva 28-29 January 2013. The Conference aimed to promote and encourage a real dialogue between the Syrian democratic opposition structures in an open... Read more
SYRIAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 28-29 January 2013
SYRIAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR DEMOCRATIC SYRIA AND CIVILIAN STATE: The conference will take place in Geneva, on Monday and Tuesday, 28th and 29th January, 2013 in the Starling Hotel Geneva.The... Read more
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Syria: Joint appeal – 88 of the bodies and organizations defending human rights
Joint appeal 88 of the bodies and organizations defending human rights To stop the bloodshed in the Syrian streets To stop all forms and sources of bloody armed violence To stop all assassinations, abductions, and enforced disappearances We in the bodies and organizations defending human rights and civil society, look with deep concern, condemnation,... [Read more of this review]
Friday 22 March 2013
“Unless the powerful are capable of learning to respect the dignity of their victims … impassable barriers will remain, and the world will be doomed to violence, cruelty and bitter suffering.” Noam Chomsky. ‘No individual changes anything alone‘ www.guardian.co.uk. Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most controversial... [Read more of this review]
Humanitarian Support for the Kurdish region London launch
Appeal to all Kurdistani people and humanitarian organisations to support people of the Syrian Kurdish region. Dear friends, We would like to invite you to launch an urgent appeal to support the people affected in the Syrian Kurdish region bythe deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Therefore we are calling and appealing to you all to actively join... [Read more of this review]
Friday 4 January 2013
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Preliminary death toll for Friday 04/01/2013. More than 100 Syrians killed, so far, today: The dead include: 50 civilians (9 children), 28 rebel fighters, 1 defected lieutenant, 1 defected soldier and no less than 19 regular soldiers. *** A journalist working for the Addunia channel was shot by gunmen while covering... [Read more of this review]
EU: Provide Protection for Syrian Refugees
HRW: Allow Access to EU Territory, Step Up Assistance in Region: Syrians seeking asylum in the European Union face a protection lottery depending on which country they reach. The EU should make sure that Syrian refugees and others who need protection can find a safe haven in all EU member states just as they have in countries bordering Syria –... [Read more of this review]
Kurds need freedom and democracy: PYD leader
Saleh Muslim Mohamed spoke at the Kurdish Academic Forum conference in London on 18 November 2012. These are a few of the points he made: Our revolution started in 2004 and didn’t stop. Kurds need freedom and democracy and so should be part of this revolution. Kurdish people have been soldiers for other people in the Ottoman Empire, Yemen etc,... [Read more of this review]
62 days of hunger strike by 700+ Kurds in Turkish prisons
The hunger strikers are asking for the right to use their own language in state institutions, and for the release of Abdulah Ocelan. They are taking a little nourishment to lengthen the time before they die, for greater effect Read More →
Syria’s Kurds play the long game
DAMASCUS // Internal divisions and political differences with other opposition groups are still preventing Syria’s Kurds from throwing their full weight behind the uprising against Bashar Al Assad’s regime. The dispute between Kurdish blocs and other opposition factions was underlined at a conference in Cairo this month, when scuffles broke... [Read more of this review]
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